Trudeau says pope should apologize to indigenous people on Canadian soil

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the pope should apologize to indigenous people in Canada for the children forced into church-run schools in the nation, adding he should do it on Canadian soil.

In remarks to reporters on Friday, the prime minister said he spoke to Pope Francis and urged him to visit the nation. This comes one day after a tribal leader announced the discovery of at least 600 buried bodies at the Marieval Indian Residential School site in Saskatchewan, which was operated by the Catholic Church.

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